Canadian & World Issues Courtesy of C. Marlatt Natural Resources

1.Global CO 2 Emissions 2.Biomes 3.Resource Profiles

Biomes Defined Biomes are the major regional groupings of plants and animals discernible at a global scale. Their distribution patterns are strongly correlated with regional climate patterns and identified according to the climax vegetation type. However, a biome is composed not only of the climax vegetation, but also of associated successional communities, persistent subclimax communities, fauna, and soils.

Biomes Defined Polar Mid-Latitutde Sub-Tropical Tropical

Terrestrial Biomes Comparison Types Desert Chapparal Tundra Taiga Temperate Deciduous Forest Grassland Tropical Rainforest Swamp Cave Characteristics Water Temperature Soil Plants Animals

Biomes of the World

Biomes of North America Tundra Taiga

Biomes of North America Temperate Deciduous Forest Grasslands

Biomes of North America DesertChapparal

Biomes of North America Rainforest PLUS Localized Biomes: - swamps - caves

Elements of Survival Which of the following do you believe to be most important for survival? –Food –Water –Shelter –Love Go to the corner of the room which marks your choice and write down why you believe you are right.

Quality of Life Quality of life concerns the standard of living and the non-material things that people desire to improve the way they live. Quality of life is affected by material standards of living (economics), but it also includes environmental, social, and political factors A clean environment, human rights, political freedom, and freedom of opportunity are only a few examples of non-material elements of life that most people desire.

Quality of Life How do resource development, food, and water play key roles in determining quality of life? “If we all lived like people do in Nigeria, we would have plenty of energy, the water wouldn’t be polluted, the air would be clean. We’d all be poor, but we would be able to sustain our population at much greater numbers than we do now. It’s the impact the population has on the planet that is worrisome, not the actual numbers.”